TV Diva: 'The Americans' returns to FX

Jessica Banov

Wednesday

Feb 26, 2014 at 12:01 AM

'THE AMERICANS'

The Olympics may be over, but we're not through with Russia. In fact, we're just getting started. Two of my favorite Russians, played by Keri Russell and Matthew Rhys, are back. To refresh your memory about this excellent spy thriller, Russell and Rhys play Elizabeth and Philip, Russian KGB agents posing as a married American couple. By day, they seem like your typical suburban couple running a travel agency. By night, they're putting on wigs in terrible '80s hairstyles, spying on the Americans and beating up bad guys. Oh, and their next-door neighbor happens to be an FBI agent investigating the KGB, and he's having an affair with a Russian double agent. You may have whiplash as issues of trust seem to shift every week. But it's worth it to see Elizabeth and Philip develop a real relationship, one that keeps them and their family together despite the Cold War politics around them. 10 p.m. FX

'MIXOLOGY'

Pulling a page from this season of "How I Met Your Mother," the entire season of this new series takes place over the course of one night at a bar. The cast of attractive young characters - a newly single guy, a mysterious bartender, an engaged woman, among others - spend the night at the bar courting one another. Fortunately, there are flashbacks so we'll know more about them than their choice of cocktail. 9:30 p.m. ABC

'AMERICAN IDOL'

The top 13 make their debut, and this season, we've got two singers from North Carolina. Caleb Johnson is a soulful singer from Asheville while Majesty Rose is a breath of fresh air from Goldsboro. For the first time, you can vote for your favorite singer throughout the performance, instead of the end. 8 p.m. Fox

'SURVIVOR'

The subtitle of this season, "Brawn vs. Brains vs. Beauty," sheds light on how the three tribes will be divided. 8 p.m. CBS

'LAW & ORDER: SVU' AND 'CHICAGO PD' CROSSOVER

For two of Dick Wolf's shows, Sophia Bush from "Chicago PD" shows up on "SVU" at 9 p.m. SVU agents Fin and Rollins head to Chicago at 10 p.m.NBC

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